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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, OCT. 24, 1985, VOL. 96, NO. 44 (USPS 650-640)
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Breach of contract suit filed by softball pitcher
By Liz Maggard Of the Kansan staff
A breach of contract suit was filed Friday in Douglas County District Court by a former KU women's softball pitcher against the University of Kansas and Bob Stancifl, women's softball coach.
The suit asks for more than $10,000 in actual damages, more than $10,000 in punitive damages and $8,982 and the accrued interest for damages under contract for Colette Seitz-Crenshaw Tonoka junior.
The suit alleges that the University breached its contract with Seitz-Crenshaw when it terminated her athletic scholarship on Feb. 6, 1884, because of an injury she suffered while playing for the KU women's softball team.
Edwin P. Carpenter, one of two Topeka attorneys representing Seitz-Crenshaw, said yesterday that the University and Stancill persuaded Seitz-Crenshaw to finish high school one semester early by promising her a four-year scholarship but reneged on that promise after she suffered injuries to her arm and elbow.
The suit also alleges that the University negligently contributed to her injury by requiring her to pitch after she had been told by a physician that she risked permanent injury if she continued to do so.
The University and Stancill negligently breached their duty to protect Seitz-Crenshaw while she was participating in softball under their supervision by "forcing her to pitch against sound medical advice," according to the suit.
Carpenter said the suit was filed because repeated attempts by Seitz-Crenshaw and her attorneys to get the University to reinstate her scholarship had failed.
Neither Seitz-Crenshaw nor Donald Barry, the other attorney representing her, could be reached for comment yesterday.
Carpenter said the terms of Seitz-Crenshaw's scholarship prohibited the University from canceling it because of injury. He said the University said it was justified in canceling the contract because Seitz-Crenshaw had quit the team.
"She was willing to do everything she needed to, short of pitching, to keep her scholarship," he said. "She
See SUIT, p. 5, col. 1
Italian police move hijacker
United Press International
GENOA, Italy — Police transferred one of the Achille Lauro hijackers to a secret location today amid reports that he confessed that Palestinian leader Mohammed Abul Abdus masterminded the hijacking, police sources said.
Officers moved the man, who is said to be the killer of American Leon Klinghoffer, from a jail in Spoleta in central Italy to the northern port of Genoa for interrogation, where he was shot by a security officer in the northern region of Liguria, the sources said.
The sources did not identify the Palestinian, but Italian state-run television RAI quoted semi-official sources as saying he was the gunman who shot and killed Klinghofer, a disabled American, during the hijacking. Investigators were examining the evidence carefully, the RAI report said.
Several leading newspapers, including the Corriere
della Sera of Milan, the left-wing La Repubblica of Rome and the Communist Party organ La Unita, reported the hijacker was thought to have asked to turn state's evidence. The newspapers quoted information that apparently came from sources close to the case.
The question whether Abbas was in charge of the hijackers was the main issue in a diplomatic dispute between the United States and Italy, which released Abbas despite a U.S. request for his detention, and led to the collapse of the Italian government.
The Rome newspaper La Repubblica told the hijacker had told Genoa investigators that Abbas “was our military chief and it was he who directed our group.” The group said what the hijacker “is reported to have said in essence.”
There was no official confirmation of the reports, which the newspapers stressed were unconfirmed and
See HIJACKER, p. 5, col. 1
Mike Horton/KANSAN
Class in the grass
Graduate teaching assistant John Gardner, Lincoln, Neb., explains the use of possessive adjectives to Kara Olson, Lawrence freshman, left, Kelly McCarthy, Chicago freshman, Steve Hogan, Chicago freshman, front, and Patrick Ramsey, Kansas City, Kan, freshman, in Gardner's Spanish 104 class. The class met behind Hoch Auditorium yesterday afternoon.
ROTC to test for AIDS next year Explosion verdict appealed
By Kady McMaster Of the Kansan staff
The test, now limited to U.S. military recruits, will be introduced in stages and will check all 2.1 million members of the U.S. military, a spokesman for the Department of Defense said yesterday.
All members of the KU Reserve Officers Training Corps will be fitted for exposure to the AIDS virus in the next year as a result of a decision announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Defense.
The spokesman, Glenn Flood, said the actual policy regarding the testing would be released in the next few days.
"The policy is being considered by Secretary Weinberger." Flood said. "Right now there are so many
unanswered questions as to where why and when the tests will occur. We hope to announce the plans by Monday."
AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome, is a fatal disease that destroys the body's immune system, leaving it defenseless against infection.
Several cadets and officers in the KU Army, Air Force and Navy ROTC are aware that they will be tested for flight and think the test is a good idea.
“It's nothing new,” said Lt. Col. James Laster, professor of military science. “We get tested for everything. It's part of the military. People in the military have to be fully fit and ready for war at all times.”
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HOW FAR WILL YOUR TALENT TAKE YOU?
In the belief that individual excellence should be encouraged and rewarded, TIME Magazine is proud to announce The TIME College Achievement Awards. We're searching for 100 college juniors who excel in academics and, more important, an area of interest outside the classroom. For exceptional achievement in activities as diverse as community service, drama, athletics, journalism and entrepreneurship, TIME will award 20 winners $1,000 to $5,000 and profile their achievements in a special section in the magazine next spring. An additional 80 finalists will receive certificates of merit. All 100 students will be given first consideration for internships with Time Inc. and participating corporations. For details on the competition, and for application materials, contact your college dean or placement office. Or call TIME directly, toll-free, at (800) 523-5948. To launch TIME's search for excellence on college campuses across the country, we asked several American achievers to reflect on the college experience and its influence on their lives. The result follows on these pages. Fascinating, frank and often surprising, these "Portraits in Excellence" illustrate the kind of vision and drive TIME hopes to foster through the College Achievement Awards. John A. Meyers, Publisher, TIME
TIME MAGAZINE Campus Edition October 21, 1985
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DR. CARL SAGAN
ASTRONOMIST
University of Chicago 1951-55 AB,
1956 MA, 1960 Ph.D.
I had been captured by the stars since I was five, but I didn't know until high school that you could make a living at astronomy. My father was a garment cutter in Brooklyn, a job that held no interest for me. I wasployed to college by the time I was 16, and applied to a number of schools. I liked Chicago's brochure the best. It said, "If you're interested in football/church/frantratures then don't come here. But if you want an education, come to Chicago." No other school seemed to be in the education business. I received a scholarship and went out there, immature but exhaled by being on my own. Chicago was a place where you could confess your ignorance in a co-ed setting filled with outside people who were fun to talk to. I got an enormous part of my education outside class. Chicago prescribed the curriculum for you, and being exposed to Bach, Freud and Biochemistry all at once did wonders for me.
My interest in planetary astronomy was outre in the '50s. Since the moon was the paradigm of the unattainable, I didn't know if my career was possible; girlfriends left awkward about my aspirations. Chicago gave me no active discouragement, it was just that hardly anybody shared my interest at school. Fortunately, I was able to work with Dr Harold Urey, a Noble laureate in chemistry, and Dr. Gerard Kuiper, who discovered and named Miranda, one of the moons of Uranus. In 1957, I organized a public lecture series on "the evolution of everything" at the University College. Crowds were turned away, and I saw that it was a good way to gain popular support for scientific study. Remember that science is interdisciplinary, you need a background in a number of fields. Don't prematurely specialize. And most of all, develop a portable balcony detector — most ideas are just wrong; nothing should be accepted on faith.
BARBARA WALTERS
TV INTERVIEWER
Sarah Lawrence College 1949-53
Everybody went to college then and I didn't know what I wanted to be, but everybody else seemed to. I considered going to Wellesley, but I thought it sounded more traditional than I wanted, so I chose Sarah Lawrence because it had a reputation for being controversial and